DRY DOCK CONTRACT NOT YET AWARDED ITASmNOTOM D 0 Au«. M — The navy department ar» not yet ready to take ix'tioil In the matt»r of an :ir.lln« the contract '■■!■ th« dry dork .it Thiladrlphu. II will b.- a wrrk at l.i»i befin^ Hi. will art. One of the lateal raimea of delay la the .t.nlr.' .if the depitrtiticnt !•> get better 111 fIII MM I Inn rvKiir.lln« the .-! *i-trlc rapatan* with which the dovk will be fitted. Views of Theater Managers on Sunday Observance. It appear* that th.- pr..|...». .1 enf-.r.-.-im in of the Sunliy •ins l«» by .lvi... Cum will m.-. i with no oppoattlon, •■' tar •» the theater mnnnjcrrs are concerned, Both Mmm-.i J. P. Howe, uf ttie Health* thealer, and Manager W. M Hu»»-11. of the Third iiv.iutr. alated I" .> BUM report*r today th.it they were In flavor of the i.'i"'"l" ■•" it.hm. I that tin 1■• »aa an lin|>artial enfuneinpnt of th« 1 iv> acalnat all kliMa of bu»!n«»a. Mr ltu«c-!l mid: "I think thai II would I*- all light In <-!<•».• Hi.-...

28 ~,i- Tll k sEATT LB STAR. p""rsb vol. i CAPT. DREYFUS GROWS MERRY Laughs Today in Court for the First Time During the Trial. EVERYTHING NOW GOING HIS WAY Witnesses for ihe Defense Give Tesiimony That Thoroughly Discomfits the Prosecution. PIiNNES, Aug. ■ This ha* b«n .nothrrjood Drey fus Jay. Lirut.-Col. CorJirr, it rrli.'rJ ollker, Who MM a member of the Intelligence bureau »t the time Dreytus was there, occupied most of the attention of the ci>urtm«r tUI today. Hit testimony was strongly in favor of the ac cused. Freycinet, former minister of war, also testified regard- Ing the "foreign syndicate" reported to have N-en tormed to flgM for Dreyfus' freedom. He admitted frankly that he knew of no basis for the statement. CrrJu-r Ml called to the stand. He testified that at first he believeJ Dreyfus to be guilty, but later <ertaln facts tended strongly to the presumption th.it he *« Inno cent He related first a description given him of the traitor. It was that he was a colone...